FRANKLINTON - Authorities say a Louisiana woman was found shot to death in her bed.

News outlets report 40-year-old Donna Arceneaux was found in her bed Tuesday.

The Washington Parish Sheriff's Office said in a news release that two of the victim's friends were not able to contact her and went to her residence. When they arrived, they found Arceneaux with a shotgun wound to the chest.

Authorities say the fatality is being treated as an unclassified death. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning. Further details have not been released.